rel
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rel is an HTML attribute that has a space separated set of values defined by the rel registry used in the IndieWeb for various discovery purposes such as identity (rel-me), authorship (rel-author), Webmention endpoint, Micropub endpoint, IndieAuth endpoints, etc.
Articles
- 2022-12-21 : A Theory of Web Relativity (archived):
The rel attribute has the potential to take the Internet to the next level⦠and yet, we usually forget about it.
- 2022-12-23 : A Problem with Link Relationships (archived), reacting to Γlvaroβs post:
Therefore, yes, enriching documents with more metadata, using
rel
, has benefits, some of which we do claim and some of which we can claim. But maintaining this kind of invisible information for anything that can change, over the years, is so difficult, it wonβt just be a problem for more use ofrel
βit already has been a problem for use ofrel
.